Outreachy is a three-month paid internship program to introduce people traditionally underrepresented in tech to open source. Outreachy is different from many formal internship programs because we have a one-month application period (Feb 16 to March 30) where applicants make small contributions to your project. This allows you to evaluate their skills and select the best intern for your project.

We are seeking open source projects to mentor interns for the May to August round. Your organization may be a good fit if:

You have a sponsoring organization that can fund at least one intern ($6,500)

Your community is willing to answer applicants' questions and provide guidance

You have at least one mentor who is willing to spend 5-10 hours a week with their intern

The details for how to participate are below. Feel free to email the Outreachy coordinators at outreachy-admins@gnome.org if you have any questions.

The next round for Outreachy is scheduled to open on February 16, with an application deadline ofMarch 30. Internships will run from May 30 to August 30.

If your organization is interested in participating in the next round, pleaseupdate your landing page, and let us know by February 16 if you willparticipate. Organization coordinators and mentors, please coordinate on thefollowing:

Let us know at outreachy-admins@gnome.org that your org is participating

Start spreading the word about your org's internships

no need to wait for February 16

We plan on having a twitter chat about Outreachy on February 21 at 4pm UTC /11am EST, to spotlight the organizations that are participating, and allow orgsto answer any questions people have. Participation in the chat is optional, butif you do want to participate, being able to link to a blog post that describeswhy you're passionate about your project would help us promote your project. Ifyou are interested in participating, please send me your twitter handle andfollow @outreachy.

these pages have motivation and information for sponsorship; you can useand customize the text from the Proposal page to approach companies aboutsponsorship (please do a quick check with Karen, Marina, and myself atoutreachy-admins@gnome.org alias first to make sure we coordinate anyefforts to approach the same company)

[https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/Admin/GettingStarted]

please review this page when you are updating the landing page for yourorganization and if your organization plans to participate inGoogle Summer of Code

[https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy#Contracts]

please make all people who volunteer as mentors in your organizationaware that they will need to sign a contract similar to this to be amentor in the program. Interns cannot be paid until their mentors signthe contract, so it is important that mentors sign the contract as soonas the application system opens on Feb 16.

[https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy#Eligibility]

we expanded the Outreachy program in 2014 to include underrepresentedpeople of color underrepresented in tech in the U.S. Outreachy continuesto be open internationally to women (cis and trans), trans men, andgenderqueer people.

Google Summer of Code (GSoC) - [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc]- the applications for organizations to participate in GSoC are open now andwill close at 7pm UTC on Friday, February 9. I highly encourage organizationsto apply for this program as it's a great opportunity to engage students withyour project and is generously sponsored by Google. Please note that GSoCdeadlines are set in stone and be sure to work with participants and mentors toget things done by these deadlines as your organization participates in GSoC.

Outreachy was created in response to low participation of women in GSoC, andwe encourage all Outreachy applicants who are students and coders to apply forboth programs if the organization they are interested in is participating inboth. The dates for this round of Outreachy are intentionally set to be similarto GSoC dates. Outreachy application deadline is a couple days earlier to makesure that applicants eligible for GSoC don't miss the GSoC deadline.

Please contact Karen, Marina, and myself at outreachy-admins@gnome.org aliasif you have any questions. We hope you can join in for this round!